Through Time: Beijing follows the story of several grand palaces and cities in what we now

Richard Platt has been writing for children since 1992. One of his books, Castle Diary, was shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award, The Times Education Supplement award, and a History Today prize. His Pirate Diary won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2002, the Silver Smarties Award 2002, and won the 'Best Book With Facts' prize in the Blue Peter Book Awards 2003.

04-05 Introduction; 06-07 A marshy home 16000BCE; 08-09 Working the land 350BCE; 10-11 Building Zhongdu 1179CE; 12-13 Jin palace 1200CE; 14-15 Mongol conquest 1215CE; 16-17 Kublai Khan's city 1290CE; 18-19 Ming conquest 1368CE; 20-21 The Forbidden City 1406CE; 22-23 Life in the palace 1480CE; 24-25 Fire! 1514CE; 26-27 Fall of the Mind 1644CE; 28-29 European visitors 1695CE; 30-31 Western troops invade 1860CE; 32-33 The Boxer Rebellion 1900CE; 34-35 The last emperor 1919CE; 36-37 A new age 1924CE; 38-39 The Cultural Revolution 1966CE; 40-41 Museum city TODAY; 42-45 Illustrated glossary and timeline; 46-47 Index.